extradition
English
editEtymology
editFrom French extradition, itself from Latin ex- + traditio.
Noun
editextradition (countable and uncountable, plural extraditions)
- A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
Translations
editprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- extradition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editEtymology
editFormed in French from Latin ex- (“out of”) + trāditiō (“handing over”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editextradition f (plural extraditions)
- (law) extradition (formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence)
Descendants
edit- → English: extradition
- → Polish: ekstradycja
Further reading
edit- “extradition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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